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Calais Definition

Ca·lais (ka lā′, kal′ā′; Brit also kal′i; Fr kȧ le′)

  1. seaport in N France, on the Strait of Dover: pop. 75,000
  2. (pät kȧ le′)
    Strait of Dover
Calais Quotes

When I am dead and opened, you shall find 'Calais' lying in my heart.

—MaryTudor also known as Mary I

It has lately been brought to my knowledge That the Ministers fully design To suppress each cathedral and college, And eject every learned divine. To assist this detestable scheme Three nuncios from Rome are come over; They left Calais on Monday by steam, And landed to dinner at Dover.

—1st Baron

It is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

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